From the Swiss Blue Community Eawag – Aquatic Research Institute:
Newly Formed Glacial Lakes Reveal How Ecosystems Form.
As glaciers retreat, new lakes emerge, creating rare opportunities to observe ecosystems as they develop from the very beginning. But how do organic nutrients needed to sustain life develop in these young lakes? A study carried out in Greenland by researchers from the aquatic research institute Eawag, recently published in Science Advances shows that the answer lies not only within the lakes themselves, but also in their connections to the surrounding landscape.
